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Catchy melodic motif performed loudly by Irish men making comeback (4)

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I believe the answer is:

riff

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'catchy melodic motif performed' is the definition.
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'loudly by irish men making comeback' is the wordplay.
'loudly' becomes 'f' (short for forte - 'loud' in music).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'irish men' becomes 'fir' ('men' in Irish Gaelic).
'making comeback' says the letters should be written backwards.
'fir' back-to-front is 'rif'.
'f' after 'rif' is 'RIFF'.

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(Other definitions for riff that I've seen before include "Berber - repeated jazz phrase" , "Ostinato common in jazz, rock, etc" , "Short series of chords in jazz" , "bit of music" , "Moroccan - musical phrase" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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